239: Star Trek SNW, "Human Best Friend" - A Lower Decks Episode?

Matt and Sean ask whether Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 3, "Human Best Friend" works better as a live-action Lower Decks episode. The shore leave setup gives Strange New Worlds room for drunk-planet chaos, La’an taking over a gang, Spock mind-melding with a plant, and Scotty and Ortegas turning into a buddy comedy. But with only 10 episodes in the season, they also question whether this much goofiness helps or hurts the larger story. Order Sean’s next book, “In the Fields We Thirst” here: https://undecided.link/in-the-fields-we-thirst Chapters: * 00:00: Intro * 02:46: Today’s Episode * 03:07: Episode Description * 03:44: This Time in History * 05:25: Today’s Discussion Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiB9YBwACY Support the show directly: https://trekintime.show/join/ Audio version of the podcast: https://www.trekintime.show YouTube version of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TrekinTime Get in touch: https://trekintime.show/contact/ Follow us on: Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@mattferrell Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/mattferrell.bsky.social Undecided with Matt Ferrell: https://www.youtube.com/@undecidedtechnology Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.